Bowhunting

Jason Pelock is bowhunting from a treestand perched on a Wisconsin ridgetop littered with buck sign the day after tagging a perfect 10-point buck in Iowa. Two does walk by that repeatedly stop and look back on their trail. Whatever has their curiosity dialed up also has Pelock on alert.

Unseasonably warm November weather might have kept some hunters out of the woods, but Jason Pelock planned an all-day sit to catch any big buck rut activity. Pelock was rewarded for his patience, but you'll have to watch to see if his bowhunt ended with an exciting finish or disappointment.

Bowhunting shots at deer require the same basic techniques whether you're in a treestand or pop-up ground blind. When shooting a compound bow from a pop-up blind, it's important to use the same form as you would from a stand. Dan Schmidt provides three tips to help improve your bowhunting accuracy.

What happens when a broadhead tipped arrow meets a deer's shoulder blade? Bowhunters often pick the shoulder or just behind it as the aiming point to take out the heart and lungs. Find out what happens between broadheads and a deer's shoulder blades in this episode of Deer Talk Now with DanSchmidt.

You want bowhunting broadheads that smash, slash and cause death. In this week's Deer & Deer Hunting Innovation Zone, see the new Titanium X broadheads from TRUGLO. These broadheads come in fixed- and expandable-head variations. They are made for hunting deer, hogs, turkeys, elk and other big game.

We take a look at the new Trypan broadhead from Rage Broadheads. It is a bigger, beefier, nastier version of the original Rage Hypodermic. Jon Syverson explains how the broadhead is constructed in this installment of Deer & Deer Hunting's Innovation Zone.